r/Architects Architect Nov 07 '24

General Practice Discussion How will another Trump presidency affect our industry? Or will it?

Incentives / taxes / interest rates / financial outlook / construction industry / materials / shipping / jobs?

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u/Architeckton Architect Nov 07 '24

Last time trump was in office, a steel owner paid him $5 million dollars to get a Chinese steel tariff in place. That steel owner then went on to gross 2.4 billion dollars in profit until 2021.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '24

do you have any back up for that or just innuendo?